Bashkir State Academic Drama Theater named after Majit Gafuri, Ufa

Bashkir State Academic Drama Theater named after Majit Gafuri was established on December 4, 1919 in the city of Sterlitamak, the early capital of the BASSR. The artistic director and director was the director, known in the theater world of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, the founder of the first stage associations in Bashkortostan V.G. Murtazin-Imansky. With the expansion in 1922 of the territorial borders of the BASSR (Big Bashkiria) and the transfer of the capital of the republic to Ufa, the Sterlitamak troupe merges with the Tatar-Bashkir troupe of the Ufa State Show Theater. Artistic and aesthetic transformations in BGTD at a new stage is headed by actor, director and theater teacher M.A. Magadeev. The theater has a galaxy of actors and directors who are certified with high titles. The first major tour of the theater took place in 1922 in Petrograd, and since 1927 the theater regularly presents its work in Moscow, St. Petersburg, the largest theater centers of the country, such as Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm, etc., in the capitals of the former Soviet republics and abroad. In 1935, the Bashkir State Drama Theatre was awarded the title of academic. In 1970 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In 1971, the theater was named Majita Gafuri. Theatre performances are permanent participants of the Republican, Russian and International Theatre Festivals, their laureates and diploma winners. BATD in different years is headed by directors V.G. Galimov, L.V. Valiyev, R.V. Israfilov, Sh.M. Murtazin, who determined the significant lines of renewal of the artistic and aesthetic treasury of the theater. The key place in the image of BATD’s creativity is occupied by scenographer T.G. Yenikeev, composer R.M. Hasanov. A new generation of talented actors of BATD named after M. Gafuri: Svetlana Khakimov, Gayaz Altynshin, Almaz Amirov, Alsu Galina, Azamat Gafarov, Sara Buranbayeva, Azat Ziganshin, Guzel Malikova, Hakim Murtazin, Fayaz Sultanov, Gulnara Farkhieva, Sagidulla Bazigitov, Gulnara Amirova, etc. The theater considers its main writer the People’s Poet of Bashkortostan Mustay Karim, awarded the Lenin Prize for the tragedy “Don’t Throw Fire, Prometheus!”, the State Prize of the RSFSR named after K.S. Stanislavsky for the tragedy “On the Night of the Lunar Eclipse”. In addition, the repertoire of BATD includes plays by playwrights I. Abdullin, A. Abdullin, N. Asanbayev, A. Atnabayev, F. Bogdanov, A. Mirzagitov, N. Najmi, I. Yumagulov and others. The performances “Moon Evenings of Aisilu”, “An Arc with Bells”, “The Thirteenth Chairman”, “Red Pasha”, “Mothers Wait for Sons”, “Nerkes”, “Lost Dreams”, “And Fate is Not Fate!” returned the classical perfection of the poetic form to the theater. The repertoire of the theater in all the years of its existence was formed in four main directions - the development of national classics, foreign and Russian, modern domestic play. Performances in the theater are held in the Bashkir language. The auditorium is radiofected, the text of the plays is translated into Russian. The hall has two balconies, two lodges, a stall. There is a cafe in the theater. Tickets can also be purchased in Gostiny Dvor and Bashkortostan shopping center. It is possible to book tickets, VIP seats in the stalls. There is a children's playroom in which you can leave a child from two to seven years for the duration of the play.